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Remember all the talk about “disarming Hamas”? Now look at Gaza. Turns out ignoring the problem doesn’t dismantle it—Hamas is consolidating power in plain sight.

BREAKING: Tech’s Big Tobacco turning point just happened. A Los Angeles jury just did something no court has done before: it held Meta and Google negligent for how their platforms are designed. Not the content. The systems. Jurors found the companies failed to warn users—specifically children—about risks tied to features like algorithmic recommendations, autoplay, and persistent notifications. This is the first major verdict to treat social media design itself as a potential source of harm. The case centered on a young woman who said years of compulsive use of Instagram and YouTube, beginning in childhood, led to severe mental health consequences, including body dysmorphia, depression, and suicidal ideation. The defense argued her struggles were rooted in prior trauma and that the platforms were not designed to maximize time or addiction. The jury disagreed. This may be the closest thing yet to a “Big Tobacco” turning point for tech—not because of damages alone, but because of the theory of liability. Plaintiffs are increasingly bypassing Section 230 protections by focusing not on user-generated content, but on product design. That shift is important. It opens the door to arguing that engagement systems themselves—recommendation engines, infinite scroll, autoplay—are not neutral tools, but engineered behavioral loops. And courts may now be willing to scrutinize them as such. This verdict won’t stand alone. A federal case involving school districts and families is set for trial this summer. Multiple state actions are ongoing. Some companies have already settled in related cases. Appeals are coming. The legal fight is just beginning. I have covered this case as both a journalist and with my lawyer’s DNA: the direction is now unmistakable: The question is no longer just what users see online. It’s whether the platforms were built in ways that made it hard to look away—and whether that carries legal consequences

If abolishing ICE is now @NYCMayor’s policy, ask yourself what he might do when it comes to defunding the NYC police.

Had you gone to a J School program at a major university now @geraldposner there's a good chance you would not have been the investigative journalist you became through real-world hard-knocks shoe-leather reporting. Can't wait to take your @petersonacademy course!

@PBDsPodcast EP 663 “Government Protected Big Pharma” - Gerald Posner On OxyContin, FDA Lies & Vatican Secrets @patrickbetdavid @geraldposner (0:00:00) Intro (0:01:54) Big Pharma & Cocaine (0:15:40) Pharma Families (0:28:20) Oxycodone & Vaccines (0:38:49) Vaccine Injury Act (0:50:44) Xanax & Panic Attacks (0:55:26) Puberty Blockers (1:06:10) Saudis & 9/11 (1:23:13) Epstein & Trump (1:31:10) JFK Assassination (1:40:48) Netanyahu & Antisemitism (1:55:38) Traditional Catholics & Jews

Newly declassified documents show Hamas has used Gaza’s hospitals as terror bases for years — and that groups like the Red Cross & Doctors Without Borders knew. Silence in the face of terror isn’t neutrality. It’s complicity. algemeiner.com/2025/09/12/doc…

"Police charge man in connection with recurrent faeces attacks in Golders Green" "Jewish security body Shomrim said its volunteers have been working with police ‘round the clock’ to track down the serial excrement smearer" thejc.com/news/police-ch…

Britain's Royal College of Defence Studies will not accept students from Israel next year. There was a time when this would have been 'wow.' Now, unfortunately, I expect no more from my native UK 😢 Paywall free link 👇 telegraph.co.uk/gift/a81f2ce44…

Is this a joke? 👇 Both options are unacceptable. It would be better for the European countries to again demonstrate their deep-seated antisemitism and anti-Israel obsession and to force Israel out. I have watched Eurovision since I was a kid but that will be the end for me.

BREAKING: The final stage of La Vuelta, one of the world’s top cycling races, was CUT SHORT after violent anti-Israel mobs stormed the finish line—attacking cyclists over the presence of an Israeli team. This is a global terrorist movement.

Internal disputes, a lack of leadership, all combined with its refusal to make major acquisitions, is putting Apple in a deep hole on AI. Would never have happened under Steve Jobs. Paywall free link 👇👇 wsj.com/tech/ai/apple-…

Investors should make sure their financial advisors are chosen by meritocracy

@elonmusk too bad @joerogan hasn’t read PHARMA by @geraldposner - he’d be awake to the real history of the entire pharmaceutical industry, not just vaccines

My opinion on the subject: If forced to choose between greatly improved sanitation and vaccines, sanitation matters much more. But vaccines, essentially training your immune system for battle, do work well for addressing many diseases. The essence of science is continuously looking at the evidence to lessen the error between your understanding of reality and reality itself.

Dimon would kill crypto bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Apple is changing the charging port with iPhone 15, and it won’t be like the last time 9to5mac.com/2023/07/03/iph… by @apollozac

@geraldposner Quadlemma?

Wordsmith alert. “Trilemma” was introduced into a CNBC interview this morning. Anyone know what the word is for a quandary that involves four equally challenging or unfavorable options? Full admission: I had to look it up on ChatGPT :-)

My latest about how a friend and colleague, UK journalist John Ware, fought to restore his reputation after his reporting on a major story made him the object of a disinformation and slander campaign. Good news is that sometimes the truth prevails. I have had to remove the Substack link since Twitter has disabled "Likes, Replies and Retweets" if a tweet has a Substack link. So, if you want to read the story, please visit my Substack page, listed in my Twitter bio :-)

@elonmusk ‘Kinda’ being the key modifier

It’s kinda flattering to be insulted on this site tbh

Apple is now worth more than Google, Facebook, and Meta combined